This news story never seemed to get the attention it deserves?

[asal]

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201404/designer-dog-maker-regrets-his-creation

 

 

 

What he didnt realise, purebred poodles are used as guide dogs in France and apparently America too. he didn't need to cross breed.. " German Shepherd Dogs, Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, and Lab-Golden crosses are some of the most common kinds of dogs used as guide dogs. Standard Poodles are also used sometimes for people who have allergies. Guide dog trainers consider a breed's characteristics when pairing dogs with people, and they pair more active breeds with active people.

"For a successful team to work out, it is really a lot about the bond between the dog and the human handler," Guide Dogs of America's Bernson explains."

[persephone]

1 hour ago, asal said:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201404/designer-dog-maker-regrets-his-creation

 

 

 

What he didnt realise, purebred poodles are used as guide dogs in France and apparently America too. he didn't need to cross breed.. " German Shepherd Dogs, Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, and Lab-Golden crosses are some of the most common kinds of dogs used as guide dogs. Standard Poodles are also used sometimes for people who have allergies. Guide dog trainers consider a breed's characteristics when pairing dogs with people, and they pair more active breeds with active people.

"For a successful team to work out, it is really a lot about the bond between the dog and the human handler," Guide Dogs of America's Bernson explains."

Ahhh.. the benefit of hindsight    As an employee, I remember those first pups , I named one after my Mum!! I also remember doing a bit of work with a Standard Poodle  .. he was a bit too clever for many people  ;) 

[asal]

I had to laugh, your so right, we had poodles, Mine was a toy, as was my brothers, but Mum had a silver Standard.  my only gripe was you could kiss 4 hours goodbye in one grooming session you just got so engrossed in getting it spot on so your dog looked glorious, you lost all sense of time.  Mum in particular

although my boy pickle didn't, he decided I had one hour and that was it.

 

Took me a while to twig, he had his own clock and nope once that hour was up he would look me in the eye and say times up!  or else, the growl would escalate by every minute over my allotted time until the family would yell out, let him alone for gods sake we cant stand the noise

Edited March 27, 2017 by asal

[persephone]

he was also a damn clown ... 

[The Spotted Devil]

He has done quite a number of intereviews for articles stating this and it gets trotted out quite regularly. It's certainly been in the media quite a bit the last few years. 

[Kajirin]

Probably seemed like a good light bulb moment at the time, hindsight kicks in after.

[karen15]

had an email on our work classifieds site asking about reputable cavoodle breeders yesterday..... Took a great deal of self control not to respond.

[Simply Grand]

If only there was a breed in development that was meeting the demand that exists for the oodle crosses but addressing all the unpredictability, temperament and health issues that concern the labradoodle inventor. Oh wait...